same time. “Vegas, baby.”
“ Yes!” Barbara squealed like she’d just won a prize. “That’s perfect! We can have a whole girl’s week away from here and maybe allow her to relax a little. With Ellie arguing with Caleb over wanting to help him, things are a bit tense all around. I think if we all get her to join us for a few days she might lose some of the anger and frustration from his rejection of her help.”
That’s right. Her friend Ellie had mentione d that she wanted to help Caleb. In the past eight weeks, things had gotten so tense everyone was on high alert. So much had gone on and it didn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. If shit kept up this way, the next thing she might hear about is Emma turning into the Hulk or something. There was never a dull moment in Blue Creek.
First the scenting ceremony that had apparently given all of her friends the hottest sex of their lives, not that anyone was complaining over that. Then Aric and Jordan mated. Quickly followed by Ellie and Jordan’s multiple attacks. The same that pushed Caleb Rahound to want his uncle Rocco out of the way in order to gain the Alpha position of his pack. Karla and Nate found out Karla was pregnant. Then they mated and nobody knew heads or tails of anything. Life took a one eighty all over.
The Wolfe’s had joined in the fight to help Caleb, but with Karla expecting multiples, Nate spent less time with Caleb’s group’s hunt, and more time with his mate. So it seemed Jake the man-whore was now splitting his time between hunt and the strip joint. Talk about multi-tasking.
“So is everyone ready to listen to our idea?” Barbara asked as she sat down on one of the super plush yellow sofas in Nic’s bright living room.
Nic loved those damn sofas so much. She swore if she had furniture it had to be comfortable enough to sleep in or she’d never buy it. She had a tendency to read on them and fall asleep, so she wanted to be comfortable. Grading papers sometimes took a while and it was better to do it in the living room. For some reason whenever she tried to grade them in her bed she’d get distracted with thoughts of the man-whore mutt.
Man bashing night and wine had somehow been turned into man bashing, wine and wedding talk. Poor Jordan had started to look like she wanted the whole thing over and done with already. Her enthusiasm had gone from sky high to non-existent lately.
“What’s your idea, Barbara?” Jordan hugged a decorative gold pillow to her chest, her eyes wide with interest and a spark of curiosity. Then there was that gold ring around her iris. Nic wouldn’t get used to that. Jordan had turned into a shifter. It made her friend powerful and dangerous. Not to mention she was mated to the future Wolfe Pack first born Alpha son, Aric. Jordan didn’t need Aric to be Alpha and save her. She was her own Alpha female with enough sass to string a man by the balls. One of Jordan’s many lovely qualities adored by all in their group.
“Well …” Barbara handed Jordan a glass of wine, her smile wide. “I think you’ve been under too much pressure lately.” She glanced pointedly toward Emma.
“Hey!” Emma stopped her glass of wine mid-flight to her lips with one brow lifted high. “I will have you know I haven’t asked her a single wedding-related question in the past–” she peeked down at her cell phone “–twenty minutes.”
“That’s because you’ve been busy complaining over Mason.” Ellie snorted. She dodged the pillow Emma threw at her and stuck her tongue out in retaliation.
“Settle down, girls.” Barbara sat down on a matching chair. “Nic came up with a great idea on our last shopping trip.”
“You guys went shopping without me again?” Emma pouted.
Hell yeah they went without her. Just the thought of Emma pointing out how the rows of shoes were not displayed to the ease of the customer. Followed by thirty minutes telling the store owner about it. The thought